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Festivals – handling your drink and the dangers involved

Festivals can be an exciting opportunity for teenagers to branch out. For many, it will be their first time away…

Norovirus is on the rise

Norovirus is on the rise: here’s how to protect your elderly loved ones from Norovirus as cases in over 65’s…

Need hangover help?

7 proven hangover cures and first aid for alcohol poisoning from Emma Hammett of  First Aid for Life. Hangovers make…

Glasto: the dangers of mixing drugs

Glastonbury Festival: Expert issues warning about the dangers of mixing drugs: last year it was reported that the river that runs…

Dealing with illness in dreadful hot weather

“What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance,” cried Jane Austen. Inelegance is…

Staying Safe on Sports Day

It’s that time of year when schools the length and breadth of the country get ready to enjoy Sports Day. …

Starvation in hospitals

Nurse Helen Cowan talks about starvation, dehydration and death in hospitals. “Kill by mouth” read a recent headline in the Sun…

Dipstick urine tests are not fit for purpose

Urine tests have long been used as frontline weapons in the clinical armoury to ensure that elderly people are not…

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